a. [f. CHORD sb. + -ED2.]
1. Having chords or strings.
1687. Dryden, Song St. Cecilia’s Day, ii. When Jubal struck the corded Shell.
1725. Pope, Odyss., I. 197. The chorded lyre.
1835. Fraser’s Mag., XII. 542.
| And Hermes strung the chorded lute; | |
| And Pallas breathed into the flute. |
2. Combined in chords, in harmony; of sounds, and transf. of colors. rare.
1850. Browning, Christm. Eve, etc. 177. A moon-rainbow … With its seven proper colours chorded.
1875. B. Taylor, Faust, II. 124. Songs with chorded voices hymning.
